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Post by greeby on Dec 3, 2008 12:59:43 GMT -5
Well, it looks like The Fight Network (formerly The Wrestling Channel) has gone down for good in the UK. Shame as even though wrestling got squeezed out more and more in favour of boxing and low-rent MMA. It was still the only place you could watch ROH on TV. Wrestling at the Chase, Memphis, FMW. Hell, even WEW at night was good for a laugh.
Also it was the home of LDN, which was putting out new programming every week. Now while I found it's straight-laced "pretend wrestling is a real sport" vibe a bit off-putting. It's sad to see a UK promotion that managed to get on TV just have their distribution yanked out from under them.
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Post by zerosignel on Dec 3, 2008 13:06:09 GMT -5
tbh it was a dead horse.
They should have took it back to its roots, Or helped the UK scene by giving more feds a weekly deal, That would have been great as it would help make stars here and maybe get a few names over.
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Post by Square on Dec 3, 2008 13:06:15 GMT -5
I thought this was going, shame TWC had such a strong channel a few years ago
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Post by eJm on Dec 3, 2008 13:19:49 GMT -5
When they lost TNA to Bravo, I pratically knew that it wasn't going to be around much longer.
TNA was the one thing really keeping them individual, especially considering they were showing the old 3 hour PPV shows too. But Bravo just had a more tempting offer and it was also better for the viewer (TNA shows 3 days after America, TNA PPVs 3 days after America) so for me, it was inevitable.
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Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Dec 3, 2008 13:20:54 GMT -5
other than world of sport and the odd ROH, i hardly even watched it recently. MMA, when not done well, can be the most mind numbing thing on earth, and unfortunately that was most of what TWC had towards the end.
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Post by Bo Rida on Dec 3, 2008 13:51:31 GMT -5
When they lost TNA to Bravo, I pratically knew that it wasn't going to be around much longer. TNA was the one thing really keeping them individual, especially considering they were showing the old 3 hour PPV shows too. But Bravo just had a more tempting offer and it was also better for the viewer (TNA shows 3 days after America, TNA PPVs 3 days after America) so for me, it was inevitable. I almost agree entirely but I preferred it on TWC, I'd rather have an early morning slot to record a PPV from even if it meant getting them a few days later. Anyway it's a shame, I'll miss ROH even if I didn't watch it very often by the end due to the censorship. The slight hope of getting Chikara on TV has now gone, no honey wrestling either. |
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Post by eJm on Dec 3, 2008 14:07:50 GMT -5
When they lost TNA to Bravo, I pratically knew that it wasn't going to be around much longer. TNA was the one thing really keeping them individual, especially considering they were showing the old 3 hour PPV shows too. But Bravo just had a more tempting offer and it was also better for the viewer (TNA shows 3 days after America, TNA PPVs 3 days after America) so for me, it was inevitable. I almost agree entirely but I preferred it on TWC, I'd rather have an early morning slot to record a PPV from even if it meant getting them a few days later. Anyway it's a shame, I'll miss ROH even if I didn't watch it very often by the end due to the censorship. The slight hope of getting Chikara on TV has now gone, no honey wrestling either. I can see that, definatly. It's just from an overall perspective, it made the public feel a bit more alligned with the Americans so they could easily wait 3 days for a PPV instead of a week and then wait another week for an Impact that they missed out on because the PPV wasn't shown yet. |
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Dec 3, 2008 14:30:43 GMT -5
When they lost TNA to Bravo, I pratically knew that it wasn't going to be around much longer. Am I the only one who read that sentence and thought (albeit briefly) you're talking about TNA sharing network space with Top Chef and Flipping Out?  |
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Post by craigdanbeaton on Dec 3, 2008 15:45:34 GMT -5
When they lost TNA to Bravo, I pratically knew that it wasn't going to be around much longer. Am I the only one who read that sentence and thought (albeit briefly) you're talking about TNA sharing network space with Top Chef and Flipping Out? I'm going to say your American and you're most likely talking about teh shall we say "Feminine" Bravo the US has Over here Bravo is known as the Man's Network and bassicaly shows, TNA, Walker Texas Ranger, Xena, Monster Trucks, Dukes of Hazzard and other stereotypically "male" things they also used to show UFC... |
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Post by eJm on Dec 3, 2008 15:58:10 GMT -5
Am I the only one who read that sentence and thought (albeit briefly) you're talking about TNA sharing network space with Top Chef and Flipping Out? I'm going to say your American and you're most likely talking about teh shall we say "Feminine" Bravo the US has Over here Bravo is known as the Man's Network and bassicaly shows, TNA, Walker Texas Ranger, Xena, Monster Trucks, Dukes of Hazzard and other stereotypically "male" things they also used to show UFC... You ignored The A Team!!! |
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Dec 3, 2008 16:09:17 GMT -5
Am I the only one who read that sentence and thought (albeit briefly) you're talking about TNA sharing network space with Top Chef and Flipping Out? I'm going to say your American and you're most likely talking about teh shall we say "Feminine" Bravo the US has Precisely, although I think the 'Murican Bravo would say they're gay-friendly. No word on whether or not they're nacho-friendly too.  |
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Post by D-Lo's #1 Fan on Dec 3, 2008 16:42:22 GMT -5
Yay more room for MORE MMA promotions. YAWN.
I used to be a big UFC fan but the overhype of it plus the saturation of the market with all the other MMA promotions starting up has turned me against it after 2 years of being a fan.
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Post by Nacho STAYS Hyped on Dec 3, 2008 16:46:45 GMT -5
I'm going to say your American and you're most likely talking about teh shall we say "Feminine" Bravo the US has Precisely, although I think the 'Murican Bravo would say they're gay-friendly. No word on whether or not they're nacho-friendly too. They damn well better be. |
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Post by RedSmile on Dec 3, 2008 17:32:58 GMT -5
I'm going to say your American and you're most likely talking about teh shall we say "Feminine" Bravo the US has Over here Bravo is known as the Man's Network and bassicaly shows, TNA, Walker Texas Ranger, Xena, Monster Trucks, Dukes of Hazzard and other stereotypically "male" things they also used to show UFC... You ignored The A Team!!!  >:(Bannable offense!! |
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Post by Baixo Astral on Dec 3, 2008 18:08:43 GMT -5
tbh it was a dead horse. They should have took it back to its roots, Or helped the UK scene by giving more feds a weekly deal, That would have been great as it would help make stars here and maybe get a few names over. I hear rumours that it's not quite as dead as people think. Also, the UK feds with TV deals thing only really worked for LDN, and that's because Sanjay Bagga is as savvy as he is stingy - man supplies good sandwiches, apparently. I'm a big IPW:UK fan, and their show sucked, the FWA show took a big downward turn too, and the less said about the way RQW as a standalone organisation turned out, the better. |
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Post by VengeanceGOD on Dec 3, 2008 18:16:26 GMT -5
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
That channel was awesome! I was hoping it'd be around when I moved to England. In like ten years.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Dec 3, 2008 19:37:58 GMT -5
only found out it was gone as i was going through my favourite channels ..... sucks!
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>:(Bannable offense!! 
